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The Battle of the Buttons In a Weathered Debacle
A satirical December dispatch chronicles the absurd preoccupations with buttons and numbers as clergy and society lord over tiny perfections. Archdeacons and colonels feature, while travelers lament the button count invading cars and laundries in a verbose, comical rush of nineteenth century English life.
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Romnes
Rimes
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Catone Barmes
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